This is one of those "blink and ya miss it" things, or it's just an easter egg the animators threw in and thought no one would notice, just like they thought no one would notice Jessica Rabbit's flash of her bare hoo-haw in Who Framed Roger Rabbit 25 years ago (by the way, people totally noticed.) Remember the scene when big, burly Oaken refers to his family at "Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna," he points to four kids and one big ol' muscular dude?

Of course it theoretically could be another family member, but I think the inference here is that guy is Oaken's life partner. As some have pointed out,Frozen is based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale The Snow Queen, which is Danish, and Denmark has had civil unions since 1989 and made gay marriage legal in 2012. So it's only fitting.

6. The King and Queen Are Classic Homophobic Parents

I wouldn't go and say that Elsa and Ana's parents, the King and Queen of Arendelle, are terrible parents, since they clearly love their children and don't disown them or anything, or ever try to "fix" Elsa of her ice abilities. When asked by the trolls, they freely say she was "born that way." But much of their behavior strikes me as classic homophobic parent behavior. The mantra that they feed Elsa about her ice powers-"conceal, don't feel"- could be any right-wing parents' advice to their gay teenage child. Just bury who you are and try and be normal, and don't let on what you're really like to the people around you.

And then they literally keep her in the closet. Okay, okay, it's a big room and not a closet, but close enough (remember what I said about the subtext in this movie being barely sub? This is a perfect example.) Let's just say they didn't do poor Elsa any favors, and when their boat went all Titanic on us, I wasn't shedding any tears in the audience. Those girls are better off without your bad parenting skills, thanks.

7. Hans Christian Andersen Was Bisexual. (And Also Kinda Perverted)

Where oh where would Disney be without Danish author Hans Christian Andersen? Not only did he write The Snow Queen, on which Frozen is loosely based, but he was also the original author of The Little Mermaid, the last Disney animated musical to start a new golden era for the company. Well, we don't know if Frozen is the start of a new golden era quite yet, but I'm being optimistic here.

Not only was Hans bi, he was kind of a perv; he kept a journal of every time he masturbated, which, it turns out, was quite frequently. He even made little annotations in the journal whenever a particular session was particularly good. Although he loved women, he seemed to enjoy men just as much..or rather, boys. During a visit with Charles Dickens in 1857, he asked to be shaved by one of Dickens' young sons every morning, a request that Dickens flatly turned down. It was said that he spent his life yearning for boys and men, but always unrequited. But whether he did anything about his desires or not...it is clear that Hans liked the D.

8. Once Elsa "Lets It Go", Her Wardrobe Becomes Fabulous

When we first meet the adult version of Elsa, she's wearing a purple cape and a dress that keeps her fairly covered up from head to toe, with her hair done up in a more conservative fashion. When she finally lets it go and embraces her true self, she gets a fabulous new glittery gown to match her new attitude, lets her hair flow free, and sparkles for all to see. Oh, and then she builds herself a palace that resembles She-Ra's Crystal Castle from the '80s cartoon series. In a movie filled with gay stuff...this might be the gayest part of all.

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This article and the comments are funny. People try to read to much in between the lines. "let it, let it go...." sheesh. I am in love with Elsa just like how I am in love with Katniss Everdeen, why? Because they don't need no prince charming to come rushing to rescue them. I love strong, independent female characters.

Perhaps Elsa doesn't show an interest in men because she knows she will freeze them to death! Maybe she doesn't know how to show interest in anyone ,which is clearly depicted because she has been locked up all her life. The trading post people are family members and nothing more. Had they put a woman in the sauna half naked that would have been another uproar about nothing. So stop being over analytical with warped thinking to twist to one's convienenceU0001f631

This is some ridiculous malarkey! Perhaps Elsa doesn't have a love interest because she knows she will freeze the hell out him! Trading post people are just that would you actually expect disney to put a woman in the sauna giving over analytical people more things to complain about.😱

Oh hush you moaners, I'm straight and I think Elsa would make a wonderful strong gay woman. This author is spot on imo, you can see the fabulous from space! Quit complaining, we straight people have enough representation in cartoons, I'm sure we can spare one pretty lead female. Is it not enough that her sister is irredeemably heterosexual, or have missed that? What's the problem here? There shouldn't be this much outrage to a lively, valid viewpoint. :P

And this is why the LGBT community can be very annoying. My main gripe is Elsa supposedly being gay. Maybe she just doesn't want a boyfriend? Every single theme of empowerment does not always have to singularly refer to homosexuality.

And what is annoying about heterocentric bigotry is that the author above is no more representative of the 'LGBT community' as a whole with this piece of writing as much as you or I don't speak for every straight person.

In case it's escaped you, we have lived through, and still do live, in a world way more geared towards straight representation in film, tv, advertising, books, comics and cartoons than gay rep. If one writer's opinion makes you fly off the handle about an entire group of people, then I think I'd be a little worried if I were you. Blanket assumption about a 'community' ain't cool.

How many of you people missed the fact that the reason her parents asked her to stay away from everyone and hide her powers is because people do crazy things when they are scared.

How many such people do we really have who were crucified or poisoned because people were afraid of what would happen to them if difference was allowed to exist. Her powers had no bound and were only going to increase and they knew that being afraid and scared makes it worse!! A scared heart will freeze everything. Like when Else froze Ana's head in a scared attempt to save her from falling, or when he froze Ana's heart unwillingly when she learned what she did to Arendale. Obviously it scared her and that is the reason why her parents taught her to not feel, conceal and not show as that might scare others and that look of fright in other' eyes scares her which renders her powers volatile. In othr words, her powers were completely dependent on how she feels. Like when she froze Ana and she cried with her in her lap when she froze the entire ball room for the first time and when her parents died. The same thing happened when she touched the fountain while backing away. She thought her powers weren't in control and that scared her that she might end up hurting someone when in fact it was her emotion driving her powers. A scared, sad or similar emotion will trigger a freezing spell while a warm heart which is happy will thaw everything. She realized that in the end and gained full control of it. Because she finally understood what her parents always told her. Remember how her father said "getting upset only makes it worse. calm down" to which Elsa replied "No! Don't touch me. I don't wanna hurt you!" THey knew how the power really works, but she was too busy being scared rather than concealing it. It had nothing to do with trying to hide it! It wasn't a metaphor. As for the gay shopkeeper thing, I really missed it and only cared about the story line. I love this movie because I have a thing for ice and cold. Remember how kids often go through a pyro phase in their life? Well, this is something that I went through and never really got out of.. Still going that is..

This article makes absolutely no sense at all every single reason why its gay does not prove anything. The shop keeper's gay husband? There is a woman who appears to be his age in the room that look like the younger girls that is his wife. Even if you argue that is his oldest daughter the questions raises this: How did 2 gay men have that many children that look that similar? I can understand they might have adopted the children but that many looking that similar? Nope makes more sense that the strapping young man is his brother or his eldest son. Elsa not having a love interest. Interesting. So she is gay until proven straight? How does that make sense? Maybe if she was surrounded by guys and she never showed interest but she wasnt she wasnt near anyone at all she was alone in her room her whole life shut away from everything. Then the doors open and she ran away to live in her castle of ice. Where would she meet someone? It would make no sense if she was romantic with anyone because there wasnt any time for it.

Her wardrobe change and her song? Really? A girl wearing a pretty dress to express herself is viewed as gay? Now if it was a man in a pretty dress yes you know what valid point. No its a 16-18 year old girl (depending on what they consider coming of age) wearing a pretty dress. That is completely normal. The only thing that I can maybe see as being argued that is her song is about her coming out and about accepting yourself for being you. Yes that song is about that...just like countless other Disney songs. Disney is full of songs about accepting yourself this is nothing new.

Her parents being homophobic is even worse. They loved her and tried to protect her they where wrong yes deadly wrong. However the fact remains their daughter had a magical ability that can kill people and she is unable to control it. What where they suppose to do? Hold a parade honoring that ability? Invite people to visit her after she nearly killed her sister? No they wanted her ability to be under controlled so she wouldnt hurt anyone again. She wanted that too. So why keep it a secret? Well when the villagers found out they called her a monster and a freak. So where they homophobic well...Did they beat her? Did they exile her? Did they starve her? Did they purposefully or resentfully harm her? No. They tried to help.

They voice actor is gay. That is reaching for straws there. Does that mean every character played by a gay actor/actress is gay? What about a straight actor/actress playing a gay character does that make the character straight? No it doesnt.

I really think gay isnt the right word....when i saw brokeback mountain gay was written all over it that followed by a need to throw up after the movie,,,after this movie I felt a bit confused along with a raging hard on hehe...i really wasn't expecting what just occurred shockingly but gotta admit they made it look good and id watch it again even if im not a fan of the whole gay/lesbian agenda thing

I found this article very interesting, but I don't like the hate against gays in it. And I think that Oaken and Elsa being gay is understandable. But there is nothing wrong with disney expressing the idea of gays and lesbians. Disney is all about teaching lessons; and one of them is that it's okay to be gay/who you are. If the movie is about what you think then I am personally more proud of disney than I was before. Because if Disney was willing to ruin their image towards homophobic people just to express the idea that being gay is okay then it just shows that they wanted to express that idea so badly. So if this movie is all about being gay and expressing it then there is nothing wrong with that

Wow. People in these comments are really feeling the hate. I on the other hand love this article and found it a fun read. As maybe one of the few actually queer folks reading it, I felt like it totally GOT my relation to the movie and in general how the movie was such an awesome step forward. PLUS, I learned some stuff. SO THANKS AUTHOR. You're doing great and all these other fools are just bored or something, I guess. xoxo Ana (A hella queer Frozen fanatic who just went to a sing along in the CASTRO, today).

@anabananalisa Yours is by far the best comment on this thread. There is a LOT of bizarre back-and-forth about this article in these comments, while I, like you just found it a fun read. Interesting, too. I'm straight, and not in the least bit offended or angered or put off by this wonderfully entertaining article. Good job, author!

Who gives a crap? No one cares! You give no proof at all. And all of your reasonings are ifs or maybes. This is just your excuse to hate Disney. But Disney is classic and will be around forever. This movie teaches kids a lesson. But this is a lame excuse. You honestly have no right to make fun of this movie. This is a garbage article. It means nothing and states no proven facts. And this argument has nothing to say. Your excuses are so lame. This article might be long but dont read it. This article should not be public because, guess what everyone has their own opinion but keep it to yourself. If you have nothing nice to say dont say it at all cuz I bet no one agrees with these statements. And learn to spell.

@hfp123 Ummm... This article is totally positive and prideful of what a queer anthem this movie is and how much is means to gay people watching and the underlying metaphors. It's not being hateful at all. You on the other hand...

This is fucking ridiculous. Merida, not interested in men, doesn't have a love interest. Tiana wasn't interested in men for the majority of the film, in fact she was repulsed by Naveen for a good portion of it. She's not the first ever to not have a male love interest. Not by a long shot.Her wardrobe becomes fabulous? That's the worst excuse I've ever heard in my life.

Her parents aren't homophobic because they're afraid of her potentially harmful powers. Ignorant.

And Kristoff's voice actor is not, by a long shot, the first openly gay voice actor. Besides the fact that his sexual orientation and Hans Christian Andersons also, has no bearing on the sexual orientations of his characters.

This article is complete garbage, I'm all for equal rights but it's is just pure stupidity, based on speculation. And none of these reasons are indicative of it being "the Gayest Film" ever when more than half of them were just excuses to (poorly) craft an argument.

Eric Diaz is the stupidest person ever. Frozen is a great film about love and friendship and just because it has music in it doesn't make it gay. Films can't be gay only people. Also just because there is a strong female lead role doesn't mean that they are being feminist. It's not like they didn't have just as many strong male roles.

I find it incredibly demeaning to imply that Elsa would be gay merely because her sexuality it not made clearly obvious. That she's a woman with no love interest, well then, "OF COURSE she's gay. She has to be."

It's the same level bullshit of when a straight male becomes upset a girl friendzoned him. Why does a female lead character NEED a love interest to be legitimate?Gay, straight, pansexual, asexual, IT ISN'T IMPORTANT TO HER STORYLINE.

The fact it was the love of her sister/family that broke a curse speaks volumes. Women characters don't need any sort of romance to be fulfilled or accomplished. It's certainly nice to have, but not necessary.

I don't see how NOT making Elsa's entire storyline revolve around a man makes her gay. That's just insulting to women. Why can't a female character be awesome, independent and happy without a prince (or princess)? Women do have our own inherent worth, ya know.

I don't feel like going into the specifics on how incredibly ignorant this piece is. I enjoy the writing style, but you sound like an absolute moron, which is disappointing because other than the fact that you're spewing drivel, it was a well-written article. I suppose if your goal was to grab attention by any means, then you succeeded.

Just because I can't seem to help myself I'd just like to point out that having a gay actor voice a character doesn't make the movie itself gay. That just doesn't make sense. Ian McKellan plays Magneto and Gandalf. Does that make those characters gay? Neil Patrick Harris plays a straight character in "How I Met Your Mother" when he's actually gay in real life. Same goes for Hans Christian Anderson's bisexuality (you do know more Disney movies than just this one were based on his stories, right?). That line of logic makes absolutely no sense.

Continuing on, questioning Elsa's sexuality seems very far fetched to me. Why does she need to have a love interest? It actually makes sense in the context of the story for her not to have a love interest, so speculating on her orientation is ridiculous. I also think that it's very narrow minded of you to say that the subtext is a "big gay metaphor" because her powers could refer to any number of things including, but not limited to, homosexuality. As for Oaken's family, I assumed the larger guy was his son who had grown up and the smaller woman was his wife. I could obviously be wrong, but again, you're definitely speculating. And what's with the whole Denmark connection? Again, grasping at straws. Connecting dots that don't exist. Need I go on?

As I said before, f your intent was to get attention, good job. But I hope that you don't truly believe this because the entire article is just ridiculous and gives people who claim that the movie is indoctrinating young children into a mindset to treat homosexuality and bestiality lightly (yes, they exist) more ammo. Now that I've wasted my time on this article and writing out this entire comment, which I promised myself I wouldn't do, I'm going to go do something that actually matters.

To me, this movie has nothing whatsoever to do with gays and lesbians. I think it is simply a movie about the power of love -- in this case, the love between two sisters, instead of a romantic love. Rather than sympathizing with Elsa as the poor ostracized girl, I see her as being a very negative, self-centered person, who spends most of the movie wallowing in self-pity and pushing away the people who love her --her sister, in particular. Elsa does not achieve any peace or happiness by running away and declaring herself free from rules or restrictions. She merely walls herself up in a frozen castle--a prison of her own making! She only achieves true happiness and freedom when, in a moment of complete selfless love, her sister Anna risks her own life in order to save Elsa's. In that one, powerful moment, Elsa finally realizes that she is not the victim she thought she was -- she has been loved and accepted by Anna all along. Elsa is transformed by this revelation and is finally freed from her pain and anger.

While yes, it can be interpreted that way, I personally find it annoying that so many think our gay society contains the ONLY subjugated/sidelined individuals who feel they have to hide who they really are.

Personally, I connected with the film as a woman hiding much of who she is to conform in a male-dominated career path. Also as a person with a life-long neurological disease.

The undertones and over-arching message of the film is for ALL people on the outskirts of society and while my gay brothers and sisters fall into that category, the message about being free to be who you really are is not just for them.

If people are only seeing a gay-agenda here, they are looking for it. I didn't even notice that interpretation until it was pointed out.

It's okay to be who we all are despite our varying differences and hiding isn't the answer - the message in Frozen.

The people in Oaken's sauna are definitely not his family, nor are
they a "gay family". They are clearly visitors to the trading post, and
are obviously a man, a woman wrapped in a towel, and a handful of their
children. This is a perfect example of a few people indulging in
wishful thinking and letting it run away with them.

But people
have always tried to find subliminal messages in Disney movies, this is
nothing new. You would think they would get tired of it after all these
years, but...

I see the movie more as a metaphor for the disabled. Elsa is physiologically different than those around her and she truly needs to learn to control her differences to be able to fit in with society.

Someone who is bipolar is at a risk of hurting others when they lose control during manic episodes. A kid with mobility issues like Muscular Dystrophy understands being physically unable to go play in the snow with other children. People with ADHD and those on the autism spectrum are used to having to repress their differences in crowded social situations. A teenager with incontinence issues, forced to wear a diaper long past toddlerhood, knows what it means to "conceal, don't feel, put on a show, make one wrong move and everyone will know."

Unfortunately for most disabled people, the dream of fleeing to the mountains to "let it go" is just that: a dream. As amazing as that song is, it's a fantasy even in the movie. Elsa can't be "alone and free" any more than someone with quadriplegia. In the end she has to come back to society and learn to adapt, much like someone with dyslexia has to learn to read if they ever expect to have a normal life.

Protagonist is "special" and "unique" and "different" in some way. Family/friends tell them to toe the line, be like everyone else, not rock the boat. They leave, and rock the boat anyway, whether by accident or just because they can't help being themselves. They succeed wildly when they are themselves. They become slightly conceited with their success (and possibly alienate their friends or family). They realize the error of their ways and make amends. Everyone accepts them now, and they live happily ever after "with a style all their own."

There are minor variations, but ultimately they tend to follow this formula.

Frozen was simply a beautiful movie why do we have to assign it to anything other then a joy to watch and great music. Also I love the sing along shows, but that is because I am a musical theater person. Singing is healthy for everyone.